Hose-rack.



W. T. OLIVER. HOSE RACK.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 24, 1913.

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WOODBURY T. OLIVER, OF NEWPORT NEWS, VIRGINIA.

HOSE-RACK.

T 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, WOODBURY T. OLIVER, a citizen of the United States, residingat Newport News, in the county of Warwick and State of Virginia, have invented new and useful Improvements in Hose-Racks, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a hose rack and in particular to a rack which is adapted to be used in connection with several others, to support horizontally disposed hose, such as the deck hose upon a ship for washing the decks, the primary object being to provide a rack within which a portion of the hose may be secured by manual operation when not in use, and which is adapted to release the hose automatically when water pressure is applied to the same so as to permit the hose to fall into an easily accessible position upon the deck or like surface.

A further object is to provide a rack wherein the construction necessary to accomplish this purpose is extremely simple so as to be rendered inexpensive in manufacture, durable, and easy to operate.

The invention consists in the features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts, hereinafter fully described and claimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the rack, showing a collapsed hose therein, the latter being broken away; and, Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the rack, the hose being shown in transverse section when expanded in the act of tripping the supporting arm of the rack, the inoperative position of the latter being indicated by the broken lines.

In the drawing, the numeral 1 designates the body of the device which is adapted to be attached in suitable manner to any desired support (not shown). A vertically extending rib 2 is formed on the front face of the body 1 and a slightly bowed supp0rting arm 3 has one end bifurcated so as to provide the parallel members 4 embracing the lower portion of the said rib and pivotally connected thereto by means of the transverse pivot pin 5. A trigger 6 has one end bifurcated to form the parallel members 7 embracing the upper portion of the rib 2 and is pivotally secured thereto by means of the transverse pin 8, this trigger being provided adjacent its pivoted end with a depending locking lug 9 adapted to engage the outer Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 2a, 1914.

1913. Serial No. 769,647.

face of an upward projection 10 provided on one member 4 of the supporting arm 3, when the latter is in substantially horizontal position, whereby the arm 3 will be supported effectively in this position as should be clearly apparent upon reference to the drawing.

In applying a collapsed hose to the rack, when it is not needed for immediate use, it is positioned upon the concave upper face of the supporting arm 3 and the latter is swung into horizontal, operative position, it being understood that the trigger 6 must be held during this operation, in its uppermost, unobstructing position, then the trigger is permitted to fall into a position wherein its free end will rest upon the flattened hose, whereupon its locking lug 9 will become operatively engaged with the projection 10 of the supporting arm so as to lock the same against downward movement and thus cause the hose to be supported in this position. When, however, it is desired to use the hose again, the water supply valve is opened, thus permitting the flow of water into that portion of the hose which is supported by the rack causing the hose to expand. This expansion of the hose will cause the trigger to be forced upwardly into inoperative position as shown particularly in Fig. 2, whereupon the supporting arm will be released and permitted to gravitate into its inoperative position. The hose will thus be released and will fall into a position for use.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, it should be apparent that I have pro vided a simply constructed and efficient rack which may be used on ship board, in buildings, or in any other place, and which will, when employed in such capacity, save considerable time and labor ordinarily incident with detachment of a hose from its supporting rack. I desire to have it understood, however, that minor changes in the details of construction may be resorted to in prac tice without departing from the scope of the invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

A hose rack comprising a body adapted to be attached to a suitable support, a supporting arm pivotally connected to the said body for vertical swinging movement, a vertically movable trigger pivoted to the said body, a

depending locking lug formed on the said the hose when in its operative looking positrigger adjacent to its pivot, and an upwardly tion. 10 extending projection formed on the pivoted In testimony whereof I aflix my signature end of the supporting arm for engagement in presence of two witnesses.

with the said locking lug when the said arm VVOODBURY T. OLIVER.

is in substantially horizontal operative posi- Vitnesses: 7

tion supporting the collapsed hose, the free A. D. LorHRor,

end of the trigger being adapted to rest upon WM. A. CARLE'roN.

copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C. 

